Vikas Kumar
Masdar Institute of Science and Technology
12 Papers
41 Citations
Vikas Kumar is an academic researcher from Masdar Institute of Science and Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Thin film & Strain rate. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 12 publications. Previous affiliations of Vikas Kumar include University of Alberta.
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Papers
State of the art of metal oxide memristor devices
Baker Mohammad,Maguy Abi Jaoude,Vikas Kumar,Dirar Homouz,Heba Abu Nahla,Mahmoud Al-Qutayri,Nicolas Christoforou +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors outline the recent advancements and characteristics of metal oxide memristive devices, with a special focus on their established resistive switching mechanisms and key challenges associated with their fabrication processes including the impeding criteria of material adaptation for the electrode, capping, and insulator component layers.
Preliminary Optical, Thermal and Structural Design of a 100 kWth CSPonD Beam-down On-sun Demonstration Plant
Benjamin Grange,Vikas Kumar,Antoni Gil,Peter R. Armstrong,Daniel S. Codd,Alexander H. Slocum,Nicolas Calvet +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, a single-tank molten salt thermal energy storage arrangement also acts as a volumetric receiver is developed in connection with the CSPonD 2 (Concentrated Solar Power on Demand Demonstration) project.
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Preliminary Optical, Thermal and Structural Design of a 100 kWth CSPonD Beam-down On-sun Demonstration Plant
Benjamin Grange,Vikas Kumar,Antoni Gil,Peter R. Armstrong,Daniel S. Codd,Alexander H. Slocum,Nicolas Calvet +6 more
- 01 Aug 2015
TL;DR: In this article, a single-tank molten salt thermal energy storage arrangement also acts as a volumetric receiver is developed in connection with the CSPonD 2 (Concentrated Solar Power on Demand Demonstration) project.
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Tribological properties of AZ31 alloy pre-deformed at low and high strain rates via the work function
Vikas Kumar,Lei Li,Hailian Gui,Xiaogang Wang,Qingxue Huang,Qingyang Li,F. Mokdad,Daolun Chen,Dongyang Li +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of the strain rate-dependent pre-deformation on the properties of the magnesium alloy is explained based on corresponding changes in the electron work function (EWF).
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Effect of carbon diffusion on performance of thin film c-Si HIT solar cells with a-SiC passivation layer
Aaesha Alnuaimi,Vikas Kumar,Farsad Imtiaz Chowdhury,Ammar Nayfeh +3 more
- 08 Jun 2014
TL;DR: In this article, the effect of carbon diffusion on the performance of c-Si HIT cells with aSi 1−x C x :H passivation layer was studied, and two HIT cells were fabricated, one with a-Si passivation layer and one with an SiC layer.
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